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What exactly is a grounding cord, and why is it such an important tool for spiritual practitioners? A grounding cord is a beneficial tool because it allows us to; in a very basic way, let go of excess spiritual, emotional, mental, and energetic baggage. It is a mental construct; a basic visualization, that provides a pathway for these excesses to be sent deep into the core of the Earth and recycled.

In the modern world most of us realize the great power of electricity for powering our many wonders; as well, the power of unruly electrical fields and charges to destroy them. In our homes, we have lightning rods that run down into the ground to protect us from these unforeseen occurrences. In much the same way, grounding cords perform a similar function. By visualizing a grounding cord, we can use it to mentally focus away our excess baggage in an organized and thought directed manner.

For those of you that are unfamiliar with or out of practice with visualization; it is a simple process imagining a cord running from the root chakra (Base of the spine) down into the core of earth, and using it to transport your unwanted thoughts, emotions, energies… down deep within the Earth. Grounding cords can be as big or small as you need them to be, and can be attached to not only your root, but to any object or other person, animal, place that requires grounding. This simple process will be described in the following section:

Basic Grounding Cord Exercise:

Drink Water (Water is a vital part of our lives, and can be thought of as mental lubrication)

Imagine or picture a cord starting at the root chakra, on each exhale, feel it extending further and further into the Earth until the other end reaches the core.

On your continued exhales, mentally push the excesses down the cord until they are also down at the core.

Drink Water (Replenish the body)

Now that you have tried the process, you have most likely felt the benefits first hand. You feel somehow lighter, more free, and relaxed; grounded! There you go, easy as can be. This is one of the easiest ways to ground, is one of the most basic methods for spiritual cleansing, and a foundation of meditation. Thank you, and feel free to share your thoughts and results with us.

In our Basic Grounding Exercise I said that it was a fundamental skill, and that it was a general practice of cleansing to remove excess thoughts, feelings, and energies. Our purpose today is to add a new layer, instead of just letting those loose ideas fall off, we are going to rinse it away. If you find a tough spot, feel free to scrub a little.

Drink water

Start a threefold breath; 3 seconds each; inhale, hold, exhale

Visualize or Imagine a cord attached to the base of your spine for males, ovaries for females (Root Chakra) and connecting to the core of the earth

Visualize a white or golden rain falling over you like a waterfall or shower

When you inhale, feel energy coming in at both your feet from the earth (land), and the top of your head from the sun and/or wind (sky)

As you hold the breath, feel the two different currents merge in your center (sea)

When you exhale, feel the shower wash you off and drain through your grounding cord as you ground normally, releasing your excess thoughts, feelings, and energies

Drink water

We have introduced a few new ideas today; layering (building similar intentions on top of each other), cleansing (cleaning away, on top of letting go of excess), merging of energies from the land and sky and allowing them to swirl together into a single current within your center as the sea.

@Copyright Jason J. Walton 2016

Any questions or feedback regarding this exercise are of course welcomed

This is an introduction to protection of personal and sacred spaces. This is another situation where many people in the community seem to overlook the advantages and seriousness of the topic. Your working space and area directly around you is an integral place to focus regular cleansing as well as putting up of wards to protect that space and in turn yourself from unwanted influences.

There are several ways for one to protect their space with plants; for instance, growing protective plants around the borders of areas and near windows and entryways to your home. In the recreational area in my backyard I grow things like sage, lavender, lemon balm, fleabane… Near windows it is common to grow plants with thorns like roses; and near doorways geraniums, mint, marigolds, and ivy.

A way to protect space with stone is to erect longer than wide stones buried one third in the earth and two thirds above ground in a circle. You can also add protective symbols to them if desired. Another way would be to place key protective stones around the area in pouches, some people setup elaborate grids in this manner. There are many protective stones / crystals to choose from including; black obsidian, quartz, emerald…

Also since I mentioned symbols; You can draw symbols with chalk or paint on rocks, gates, doorways, or even on the ground directly with a stick. Some common symbols used are the circle, cross, pentacle, triskellion…

Thanks for reading about Protection of Spaces, feel free to like or comment on your own experiences and to ask questions.

This is a Basic Grounding Exercise to get you started. Grounding is a Fundamental Skill for any practitioner. It is a general practice of Cleansing thats purpose is to rid oneself of excess thoughts, feelings, or energies.

Drink a glass of water

Start a threefold breath; 3 seconds each at inhale; hold, exhale

Visualize or Imagine a cord attached to the base of your spine (Root Chakra), and connecting to the core of the Earth.

On every exhale of your threefold breath picture your stray energy, thoughts and emotions traveling down your spine through this cord to the core of the Earth.

Any questions or feedback about your experiences with this exercise is welcome and valued.

Grounding is a very important fundamental skill for practitioners of any path. Building on my informational post titled Grounding I would like to share an Intermediate Exercise. This Exercise will include a simple form of discursive meditation. The idea behind this form of meditation is to chew up your thoughts; basically recognize and organize them for future contemplation. In my Grounding article I introduced the idea of using the senses to reinforce this connection to the firm foundation of earth and the other elements. In Grounding we commonly imagine or visualize a cord coming from the Root Chakra or base of the spine, associated with the Element of Earth and pushing our excess energies, thoughts, and emotions down via the cord deep into the core of the Earth itself. What I would like to add today is a way to process that information (energies, thoughts, emotions) into a useful tool for self reflection and organization.

Drink a simple glass of water to hydrate and reinforce the idea flowing.

Get comfortable with good posture allowing your spine to be straight.

Breathe; in a threefold manner; three seconds inhale, three hold, three exhale.

Continuing with the power of Breath; Slowly pay attention to your thoughts and feelings, focus on what you notice with your five physical senses.

Let stray thoughts and feelings flow down your spine, the cord, and deep into the core of the Earth.

Continue this process for as long as you can, stopping when you can hold the focus for around 15 minutes.

Drink Water

Please feel free to provide feedback on your experiences, and ask any questions that you may have.